Theme & Variations introduces a new topic each week, presenting a wide range of music associated with that theme. Drawn from a millennium of Western classical music, the selections are an eclectic mix of familiar favorites and rarities. Theme and Variations is produced locally in Discover Classical's studios by host Joe Law.
Stock up on candles to celebrate the birthdays of ten composers born on December 22: Carl Friedrich Abel, Giovanni Bottesini, Alan Bush, Teresa Carreño, Andreas Hallén, Robert Kurka, Giacomo Puccini, Franz Schmidt, Deems Taylor and Edgard Varèse.
Today’s theme is inspired by today’s air date. The music you’ll hear was heard for the first time on December 29. It’s by Johannes Brahms, Max Bruch, Claude Debussy, Franz Liszt, Nicola Porpora and Jean Sibelius.
On the fifth day of the new year, you can hear five pieces of music for five performers. The quintets are by Johannes Brahms, Jean Françaix, Florence Price, Gioachino Rossini and Carl Maria von Weber.
